History of Education in Assam 1826-1919 describes the nature and progress of education in Assam from the commencement of East India Company rule in 1826 to the grant of diarchy in 1919. The introductory chapter provides the background wherein the salient features of the indigenous system of education as provided under the former Government has been indicated. Chapter 1 describes how the new system bulit Assam on the ruins of the old attempted to conciliate the ...